(RNS) “While I am not suggesting that President Obama is the Antichrist, the fact that he was able to propose such a sweeping change in God’s law … illustrates how a future world leader will be able to oppose God’s laws without any repercussions.”

(RNS) A new poll shows more than a third of Americans believe the severity of recent natural disasters is evidence that we are in the “end times” described in the Bible – a period of turmoil preceding the return of Christ and the end of the world. By Lauren Markoe.